at 415 S Main St, Fort Worth , 76104-2407
a•te•lier [n.] studio where an artist trains students. www.tafastudio.org Teaching timeless traditions of beauty and technique in realist art.
Texas Academy of Figurative Art (TAFA) is an ARC Approved™ atelier that offers education and training that is anchored in the traditions of realistic art. Universities throughout the US have been simultaneously departing from a traditional realistic approach to art education, to the point that they no longer offer a legitimately grounded approach to either contemporary or classically-based figurative art, or realism in general. In contrast, TAFA is part of a new realistic revival and the contemporary realist movement found in some smaller schools outside the traditional university system. TAFA is the only academy of its kind in Texas offering a focused curriculum in realism—believing that visual art education should be built on the fundamentals and foundation of good drawing skills. The Academy holds to the belief that a knowledge of realistic figurative art is the foundation from which to springboard into figurative compositions, still life, portraiture, landscape and even non-representational art.
Our studio is located a four blocks from Downtown on South Main Street. We are only a few blocks from the I-35 W and I-30 intersection.
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